IN MEMORIAM.

Otago Witness, Issue 3773, 6 July 1926, Page 61

IN MEMORIAM.

NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS. ROLL OF HONOUR COMPILED. The rolls of honour of the Corps of Royal Engineers and of the Engineers of the Dominions of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and the sappers and miners of the Indian Army, will be included in the nations' memorial to Lord Kitchener St. Faul’s Cathedral, London. The Roll of Honour of the Corps of New Zealand Engineers has been compiled, and has been suitably inscribed on vellum (says the Wellington Evening Post). It is bound in blue morocco leather and will be forwarded in a Maori carved casket. The casket is designed after the Maori waka huia or treasure box, and is a fine example of the Maori art of carving. The carving on the lid represents a double manaia or bird-headed figure, surrounding the eun god, Tane te Ra Nui, who guards the contents, and there are two recumbent figures with protruding tongues signifying defiance. The figures at each end are typical of the old art heads used for handles of treasure boxes. The waka huia was carved from one piece of New Zealand totara, which had been in use as part of the structure of the Queen’s wharf, Wellington, for over 60 years. Lieutenant-oolonel D. J. Gibbs, D. 5.0., N.Z.E., has been responsible for the preparation of the roll, and arrangements are being made for it to be deposited with the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s in a sultsbls and worthy manner. A sapper of the Royal Engineers will be in attendance daily to show the roll of honour to those who wish to search for the names of relatives nr friends who gave.their lives in the Great War. The carving of the casket was dons by Mr Thomas Heberly, Pstons, the inscribing of the roll by Mr W. R. Bock, Wellington, and the binding by Messrs Ferguson ana Osborn (Ltd.), Vefongton.